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...will be shown again tonight and Saturday. The film depicts the life of a Japanese man who sells prostitutes to brothels in Southeast Asia. It stars Ken Ogata, the key actor in several Imamura films. "Zegen" deals with the issues of patriotism, imperialism and particularly feminism, said Vladimir K. Petric, director of the Harvard Film Archives...
...chiefly known for "The Ballad of Narayama," which won the Palme d'Or award in 1983 and has since become a classic of contemporary cinema. The visit is intended to give scholars and film buffs a chance to become acquainted with both the films and their maker, said Petric...
...showing the same program as the firstaudience saw," said Petric, who teaches Visual andEnvironmental Studies (VES) 157r, "Classics ofWorld Cinema...
...archives will not use the originalprojector, which was also the camera with whichthe films were shot, but equipment speciallydesigned for the films with a different number ofperforations per frame and a different width thanmodern films, Petric said. The films will also notbe hand cranked, as the originals were...
...photographyfactory in Lyons, modified an earlier invention ofThomas Edison, the kinetograph, inventing a muchmore portable camera than the American inventor's.Although Edison produced motion pictures with hisunwieldy machine, he did not show them to thepublic because "he did not want to sell the goosethat lays the golden eggs," Petric said...